Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Yen Shui-Long  颜水龍  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Yen Shui-long

 
 

颜水龍

 
 

 

 
 

Yen Shui-Long  颜水龍  -  portrait  -  chinesenewart

 
     
 
 
 


1903

Yen Shui-Long   颜水龍 ( 1903 -1997 ) was born on June 5, in Tainan  Taiwan.

   

1916

He joined the Teachers'Training School in Tainan  Taiwan

 

Graduated, he taught two years, then moved to Japan.
   

1922- 1928

He enrolled the Tokyo Fine Art School. ( Western Painting Department )

 

He continued his studies under the gudance of Fujishima  Takeji  and Okada Saburosuke.

 

 

1930

Graduated, he boarded the Trans-Siberian Railway, to study in France

 

at la Grande Chaumière and at the Modern Art Academy.
   

1931

He  was selected for the Salon d'Automne in France, with two works :
  La Jeune Fille  -  Parc de Montsouris.
   

1932

Having had to seek medical treatment in the South of France, and having run out

 

of money, he joined Osaka, to work in commercial design at SMOCA Co. Ltd

   

1933-1944

One of his advertisements caught the attention of the governor of Taiwan

 

who entrusted him with the task of promoting craft art.

   

1940

He established theSouth-Asia Arts and Crafts Society.
   

1942

He married  Jin Mao-Zhi;
   

1945- 1949

He was appointed as an assistant Professor atTainan technical College, (actually

 

National Cheng Kung University), and taught sketching and the History of Art Craft.

   

 

Appointed by the government to develop Taiwanese crafts,

1954

He created a class learning class in Nantou.

1957

He established Taiwan Handicraft Promotion Center in Taipei.

   

1961

He created a series of mosaic murals as Sport, on the outer wall of the Sport Stadium
  - National Taiwan University of Sport; and Art works with motifs about Taiwanese
  aborigines.
   

1984

He resigned from his teaching position to devote himself to painting and to prepare

  exhibitions.
   

1997

Following a surgical operation, on September  24, he passed away at the age of 94

 

inTainan,  Taiwan.

   
  Daniele Sicard
   

   

Awards  selection

1927

Selected Nude  

1929

Special
Selection
Nude in a ChairBy tne Window 3 rd Fine Arts exhibition

1929

Selected By the Window

3 rd Fine Arts exhibition

1931

Selected

A young Girl's Portrait - Montsouris Park  Salon d'Automne

1933

Special
Selection
Woman K

7 th Fine Arts exhibition

1933

Selected Woman

7 th Fine Ats exhibition

1938

Appraisal -Free award  Qi

1rst governmental Fine Arts exhibition

1986

Special Contribution Award 11 th National Award for Art
   

   
  Solo exhibitions  selection
   

1976

Yen Shui-Long Taiwan Provincial Fine-Arts Taipei  Taiwan

1983

Yen Shui-Long  80th Birthday Retrospective National Museum of History Taipei  Taiwan

1985

Yen Shui-Long Xiongshi GalleryTaipei  Taiwan

1987

Yen Shui-Long Nan Gallery Taipei  Taiwan

1991

Yen Shui-Long  - 90th Birthday Retrospective National Museum of History Taipei  Taiwan

1997

Yen Shui-Long 95 th Birthday Retrospective Taiwan Provincial Museum of Fine Arts

 

Taipei  Taiwan

2004

Yen Shui-Long -Artisanat National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts Taichung Taiwan  

2006

The Grand Open Yen Shui-Long Tainan  Taiwan

2011

Fhe Public Spirit - Beauty in the Making -  Yen Shui-Long Fine-Arts MuseumTaipei  Taiwan

2018

Passing Inheritance to the Futur Generations - Visible and Invisible Liang GalleryTaipei  Taiswan
   
  Collective exhibitions  selection
   

1927

Artists of The Red Island Tainan Public Hall Tainan  Taiwan

1927

1rst Taiwan Fine Arts exhibition Taipei  Taiwan

1929

3 rd Taiwan Fine Arts exhibition Taipei  Taiwan

1935

1rst Art exhibition  Education Center Taipei  Taiwan

1935

9th aiwan Fine Arts exhibition  Taipei  Taiwan

1936

10th Taiwan Fine Arts exhibition Taipei  Taiwan

1938

1rst governmental Fine Arts exhibition Taipei  Taiwan

1946

1rst Provincial Fine Arts exhibition Taiwan

1961

17th Taiyang Art exhibitionTaipei  Taiwan

1964

22th- 32nd Taiyang Art exhibitionTaipei  Taiwan

1987

Ten modern artists Central Gallery Tokyo  Japan
   

 

 

Yen Shui-Long  颜水龍  -  Oil on canvas  -  1978


Yen Shui-Long  颜水龍  -  Oil on canvas  -  1978

 

Yen Shui-Long  颜水龍  -  Oil on canvas  -  1978


Yen Shui-Long  颜水龍  -  Oil on canvas  -  1978

 

 
 

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